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The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.

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I say to the young, be happy that you were born in Italy because of the beauty of the human capital, both masculine and feminine, of this country... No other country has such human capital.

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Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.

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I told Mother of my decision to study medicine. She encouraged me to speak to Father... I began in a roundabout way... He listened, looking at me with that serious and penetrating gaze of his that caused me such trepidation, and asked whether I knew what I wanted to do.

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The four of us enjoyed a most wonderful family atmosphere filled with love and reciprocal devotion. Both parents were highly cultured and instilled in us their high appreciation of intellectual pursuit. It was, however, a typical Victorian style of life, all decisions being taken by the head of the family, the husband and father.

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Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

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A child from the age of 2 or 3 absorbs what is in the environment and what generates hatred for anyone perceived to be different.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Scientist

Born: April 22nd, 1909

Died: December 30th, 2012

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